Bloody great double bang this afternoon & looking skyward was rewarded with the space shuttle Endeavor doing the “slow the hell down” tango on it’s way into Edwards AFB, Watched it for quite a while zipping back & forth while it plummeted (for want of a better word) earthwards. I was at Willow Springs for a track day.
No pics of the event, so heres a pic of my daughter & a friends son instead:
They also saw the shuttle. S&W 916 on the left, Mossberg 590 on the right 🙂
Willow Springs Raceway is on Rosamond Blvd, which also happens to be the main road into the base if you go East from the off ramp instead of West towards the track.
beautiful aircraft, there is something very sexual about the tigercat in my opinion, its a shame the TFC one isnt still here, thanks for the link, ive jut cleared up the drool 😉
Believe me, it still has that *Duxford T2* smell to it. We’ve almost managed to get it oil tight, barely a drip escapes it now. 3Bond 1104 is the secret 😉
So far this year it’s had:
New paint
Oil shut-off valves
Linked valve covers for the scavange system
Pre-oil & scavage system pumps
O2 system
Autopilot
Fire sensor/suppression system
New brakes/tires
Rerouted blower drains so the pilot can see when 100LL is pissing out & prevent this:
Dummy cannons in the wings
.50cal shrouds in the snout
I’m sure theres more that I’m forgetting..
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